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Alienation

Boomer Psych 101: You Are Not Alone

Laura Lee Carter | Posted 05.11.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Unhappiness, Isolation, Baby Boomers, Alienation, What Boomers Share, Boomer Psychology, Midlife Crisis, Psychology of Aging, Boomer Depression, Baby Boomer, Baby Boomer Generation, Fifty News
Laura Lee Carter

Rising job/career loss concerns, too much information and major cultural shifts since WWII have affected us all, unless of course you live in a media-free bubble, in which case you probably aren't reading this anyway.

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Naming the Shame That Can Cripple

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.10.2012 | Women
Read More: Cultural Standards, Shame, Emotional-Healing, Depression, Guilt, Dancing at the Shame Prom, Parental Suicide, Eating Disorders, Psychology, Sexual Abuse, Gender Roles, Women, Women's Health, Hoarding, Alcoholism, Alienation, Racial Identity, Distorted Body Image, Anxiety, Amy Ferriss, Women News
Marcia G. Yerman

Guilt is external; you can fix it. To have shame is to think, "I am damaged."

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The Yoga of Ecology: Simple Living, High Thinking

Chris Fici | Posted 09.29.2012 | Green
Read More: Organic Farming, Vegetarian, Bhakti Yoga, Sustainable Development, Vegetarianism, Paradigm Warrior, Vedic, Swami Prabhupada, Gandhi, Vedas, Ecology, Self-Sufficiency, Urban Gardening, Green Thumb, Soup Kitchen, Simple Living and High Thinking, Food Independence, Alienation, Cow Protection, Sustainability, Vedic Ecology, Urban Ecology, Spiritual-Ecology, Spiritual-Ecology-Movement, Vrindavan, Green News
Chris Fici

If you have a "green thumb", if your fingernails are constantly caked in dirt (like Terry's), or if you simply desire to make our ecological footprint more sane, then Terry is a fountain of knowledge to take advantage of.

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For Love or Money

Robert Koehler | Posted 08.28.2012 | Home
Read More: European Debt Crisis, Debt, Depression, Scarcity, Money, Economy, Alienation, Suicide, Austerity, Home News
Robert Koehler

Economics is a cruel game. The stakes are life and death. The driving theory is simplistic, mechanical, with a cauldron of emotion and judgment bubbling just below the surface.

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Growin' Up in the Age of Bad Deals

Craig Werner | Posted 07.24.2012 | College
Read More: Alienation, Bruce Springsteen, College News
Craig Werner

In a way the Cold War and the war on terrorism both define Springsteen and our generation, and there's a lot of similarities that transcend the temporal difference of half a century.

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Trauma And The Hourglass Of Time

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Traumatic Loss, Emotional Trauma, Alienation, Harry Potter, Finiteness, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, Emotional Understanding, Grieving, Trauma, Coping With Trauma, Coping With Death, The Gay Science, Reliving Traumatic Experiences, Death & Dying, Metastatic Cancer, Coping With Loss, Traumatic Experience, Healthy Living News
Robert D. Stolorow

If you, or someone you care about, ever experience a traumatic loss, never think or utter the words, "You have to let it go and move on." Time does not heal the wounds of trauma.

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The Traumas of War

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Iraq War, Combat Stress, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Alienation, Afghanistan War, Healthy Living News
Robert D. Stolorow

Below is a letter I received from military psychiatrist, Dr. Russell Carr, describing the terrible toll the traumas of war have been taking on service...

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Why Hipsters Will Save Theater: Cherrywood

Monica Westin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Social Media, Change, Kirk Lynn, Irony, Twitter, Peter Brook, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, Alienation, Theater, Hipsters, Facebook, Bertolt Brecht, David Cromer, Happenings, Cherrywood, Chicago News
Monica Westin

What ultimately distinguishes hipsterdom is the ironic distance its members have from their identities... the very alienated orientation that I will argue we need to save American theater.

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The Tea Party Has a Point

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Consumerism, Democracy, Tea Party, Alienation, Consumers, Ronald Reagan, Rev. Billy, Business News
Reverend Billy

You can turn off the TV and head for the hills, but the hills are alive with fluorescent and bug-eyed tchochkes leaping from the walls of shopping centers that came out of nowhere.

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Health Insurance Industry: How Karl Marx Can Help Us Understand the Health Care Crisis

Yuna Shin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Commodity, Alienation, Health Care Reform, Karl Narx, Commodification, Estrangement, Health Care, Health Care Industry, Politics News
Yuna Shin

The word "industry" itself is apt in describing our current insurance system. Under "industry" we assume that there is a concrete, external object produced through human labor that is insurable.

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Who's Really Nuts, 20/20 or the 'Crazy Cat Ladies'?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Animal Rescue, Abc, Mental Health, Pets, Altruism, Cats, Elizabeth Vargas, Media, Film, Loss, Marriage, Loneliness, Stereotypes, Singlism, Expectations, Tv, Strays, Alienation, Single, Documentary, Crazy Cat Ladies, 20/20, Media Bias, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Bella DePaulo

20/20 recently treated its viewers to a condescending pity-party for the women it calls 'crazy cat ladies.' The segment, with an accompanying article online, was so over-the-top that it was almost a parody of itself.

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